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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| New Cases. | Contacts | Sailors and Soldiers | Other Persons. | Total. | Insured. | Non-insured. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Servante | 167 | 160 | 442 | 1641 | 2410 | 1272 | 1138 |
| Miss Clarke | 301 | 229 | 387 | 1287 | 2204 | 1092 | 1112 |
| 468 | 389 | 829 | 2928 | 4614 | 2364 | 2250 |
The Staff of the King's Home for Nurses paid 2,682 visits
to 54 cases.
Discharged Tuberculous Sailors and Soldiers.
Arrangements were made at the commencement of 1919 with
the Ministry of Pensions for the home visiting and after-care of
discharged sailors and soldiers suffering from tuberculosis.
The Tuberculosis Health Visitors visit the homes of these
patients and advise them of any alterations which they deem
desirable in the sleeping accommodation, sanitary conditions,
cleanliness, etc., and also encourage them to carry out the instructions
of the doctor in attendance, or the Tuberculosis Officer,
as to their mode of living.
During the year the number of discharged men visited was
375, and the total number of visits of this kind made was 829.
The proportion of the number of visits of such cases to the total
number of visits made by Tuberculosis Health Visitors to tuberculous
cases in the Borough was as one is to five.
TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
The scheme for providing dispensary Treatment for tuberculous
persons in London is set out in the Circular letter of the
Local Government Board, dated 19th December, 1913.
The Scheme for carrying out Dispensary Treatment and
After-care was thrust ready-made upon the Borough Council, so